The Third Annual Avvy Awards
are brought to you by Sue Ki Wilcox, chair of this year's competition
and author of: "The WebDeveloper.com Guide to 3D Avatars"
ISBN 0-471-24216-0 (not merely a shameless plug, it is really
the best book on Avatar design there is). Sue is now working on:
"Digital Biota: A Life in Cyberspace." You can reach Sue at:
suewilcox@bigfoot.com.

TV has the Emmys, Hollywood
has the Oscars, and Virtual World Cyberspace has the Avvy Awards (the
Avvys, for short). Submit your avatars and compete for
fame and prizes. Send your submissions in soon -- our deadline is November 18th
and final judging will be held November 21st, 1998 at The
CyberFarm (a Northern California face-to-face
event node of Avatars98). Note that you do not have to be registered at
the Conference to enter the awards.

In 1996 and 1997 the
Annual Avvy Awards generated some first-class avatar designs.
These Avvys were awarded for categories like "Most Bang for the Buck," "Best Non-Humanoid,"
"Most Realistic," and "Best Overall." This year there are some new categories for
the Avvys, and the entries are already streaming in! Take a look at some winners of the
last two years:

Two Years of Avvy Awards

In the last two years we
have received over 700 submissions to the Avvies. For inspiration, please see
some overall category winners and Sue Wilcox's review of the 1996 awards below.

Contestants can also join the award ceremony
virtually by going to the AV98 virtual world within the Active Worlds
universe. The Avvy Awards will be held in the Avvy Gallery to the left
of Ground Zero. Download and install
Active Worlds to enter this space.

Winners not present physically or virtually
will be notified via email.

Submit your avatar(s) for nominations in the following categories:

Most Realistic Humanoid

Best Non-Humanoid

Best Bang for the Buck (most elegant & efficient
use of polygons and texture mapping)